Entrecard Russian Roulette

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No doubt I’m shooting myself in the foot here, but during my absence from posting to Reward Rebel blog, I sporadically logged into Entrecard, and there was always a queue of advertisers waiting for approval to display their little promo box on my site.

Curiously, quite often the advertiser wouldn’t have dropped their card on my site on the day they submitted the request… or at all recently.

Firstly, I’d like to thank those advertisers for their loyalty.

Secondly, however, I have to express my concern about how many of the Entrecard community don’t appear to visit a website prior to submitting an advertising request.

In a sense, it is flattering to my blog that a repeat advertiser trusts the content-to-date to be enough, but if there hasn’t been any new content for weeks, why does anyone wish to advertise on a site that’s dormant?

Hey, I’m not biting the hand that feeds me…. er, I suppose I am, but that’s not the point. I’m inclined to infer from the lack of a card being dropped that the advertiser just couldn’t be assed!

Perhaps I’m going about this the wrong way…. “Hey, amigo, WAKE UP!”.

Why aren’t you checking out the websites where you advertise?

It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve advertised on a website, I check it out before submitting a further request. You shouldn’t take anything for granted.

This isn’t the first time I’ve noticed blogs that haven’t posted for months still continue to advertise on Entrecard… as though this is somehow the same thing as maintaining an online business.

Recently, I had to reject an ad request from a website that hadn’t posted fresh content since March! The disquieting aspect was that it was a website dealing with financial markets and their changeability. How can I justify displaying an ad encouraging my readership to visit a site that doesn’t offer anything new for three months… a quarter of a year!

Don’t be complacent, don’t be loyal for the sake of it. If you aren’t involved in internet marketing per se, and participate in Entrecard for the social aspects, you are fortunate that none of what I’ve said here really applies to you, because you have a different agenda.

But if you’re involved in internet marketing and/or blogging to be making money with an online business, it’s all the more important.

You need to constantly monitor where and with whom you advertise, because the internet changes so fast, you may get left behind!

I wish you enjoyable blogging and successful internet marketing!

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Will I Miss The 4 Minute Warning?

If the 4 minute warning is ever given, my partner hopes that we’ll be listening to the radio, and not watching TV, as he reckons we’ll miss what’s being said, as I’ll be too busy slagging off the appearance of the newsreader!

It’s true. I’ve frequently realised that I’ve not heard a word said, cos I’m pulling apart the unflattering hairstyle, poorly fitting jacket, badly applied makeup, seizure-inducing tie….. you get the picture.

There was a time when TV newsreaders followed guidelines restricting their attire to outfits that wouldn’t distract viewers from the news itself. Obviously, guidelines or not, people like me are hopeless cases.

Hey, I love fashion and clothes, but I’m a child of the TV age, and I’ve a short attention span. If an item doesn’t grab my interest fast, it’ll go for a stroll!

Of course, I have wondered what I’d do in my final four minutes — if I managed to actually hear the warning message. After all, there’s not a lot you can fit into just four minutes, is there?

Harris Fellman and Brian “Koz” Kosobucki have some tantalising suggestions for what can be accomplished in such a brief snippet of time, and have collated the best ideas into the aptly entitled creation, 4 Minute Money.

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I’m experimenting with some of the techniques myself, so let me know how you get on with it.

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Working From Home Getting A Tan!

This week, Londoners have enjoyed basking in brilliant sunshine and, as if overnight, my garden has become a jungle, requiring a skilfully wielded machèté to traverse it to the far end!

In the time it takes to blink, the lawn (using the term in its broadest sense) is knee-high, and new foliage is sprouting all around. Blossoms are readying themselves to burst, and I’m especially thrilled that my Magnolia is smothered in buds, as it didn’t flower last Summer.

A smattering of bluebells sprung up this year, but they’re now shrugging off their bright petals to reveal seed pods, which will soon drop, ensuring a more abundant display next Spring.

New life is profoundly inspiring, and a comforting reminder that every living entity renews itself, and that everything has its time.

Yesterday afternoon, I enjoyed a thorough physical workout, attempting to tame the backyard jungle, and today my arms, shoulders, back and legs all attest to how much I am in need of ‘away from the computer’ activities!

I’d just started to cut the grass, when it occurred to me to take a photo - my apologies for the quality.

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Below is a shot of the garden last Summer, after I’d started to knock it into shape.

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There was a spell yesterday when I took a break from hacking down the grass and pulling up weeds, and I sat in the dappled sunlight, listening to the melodic birdsong, and contemplating whatever came into my mind.

Then I realised how privileged I was to be seated in the sun, smelling the fresh cut grass and glimpsing the tiny frogs leaping about their newly-disturbed world.

I’m privileged to be working from home building my own online business. Internet marketing offers many options for making money online, however, my recent experience with blogging has taught me that many people start a blog thinking that they’ll be making money (a full-time living) by blogging alone — this is rare. Making money online with one blog alone is very rare.

Diversify. Your blog can be used as an internet marketing tool to help grow a mailing list, by offering a subscription to a newsletter, updates, or special offers. But don’t immediately start promoting products to your list, first you must gain people’s trust and respect — you have to convince your readers that they can rely on your opinion and recommendation.

They say that an internet marketer, actively promoting to his or her list, earns a minimum of $1 per month for each name on it. That’s why the internet marketing gurus with multiple lists of 50,000 plus are millionaires!

When you have established a reputation, you can email the occasional promotion — your own product, or as an affiliate marketer you could promote other people’s. But be careful. This is an area that’s been highly abused, and I don’t hold with daily mailings, promoting each and every ‘latest and greatest’.

Internet marketers practising this type of email vomit-a-thon in my Inbox don’t retain my name on their list for long. A surprising number do send too many mailings, which makes me wonder if they are making good sales, because people succumb to the pressure. I’d prefer not be making an income by annoying the contacts on my list, and I’d rather retain some dignity, too.

Recommend products that you have purchased, and genuinely consider to be quality and worth the bucks. Once again, I soon unsubscribe when I’m frequently sent recommendations for products from the marketer’s ‘good friend’ who has just launched some new something that he thinks I shouldn’t be without. Phoney, baloney.

Diversify. Develop your own product to promote or, as an affiliate marketer, you can save yourself a whole heap of effort, and earn generous commission, promoting other people’s products.

So many internet marketing strategies can be managed via auto-responders and, once set up, they require the minimum of maintenance. You could be making more money online by doing the same amount of work!

Step back from your blog, view the bigger picture, and apply leverage.

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Internet Business Guide Announces Winners

After some delay due to illness striking down both Marcus and his wife, the winners of The Internet Business Guide’s Contest have been announced.

Reward Rebel donated 5,000 ECs, which has been won by Amy Lilley Designs, and a copy of Reward Rebel LOOT goes to sezwho.multiply.com

I have sent congratulations to Amy via Entrecard, however, I have no contact details yet for sezwho, so if you’re reading this… contact me via details at top right of this page.

A rather nice surprise was discovering that I had won the DVD “Building An Internet Business From Scratch” by Marcus Hochstadt, a One Buck Wiki page at SiteHoppin Blog and a 10 card account at Send Out Cards so I’m stoked!

Congratulations to all the winners, and commiserations to those who weren’t lucky on this occasion. There’ll always be the next contest!

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4 Day Build-A-Biz Challenge ~ Don’t Miss A Valuable Opportunity

I want to remind you not to miss Derek Gehl’s 4 Day Build-a-Biz Challenge - the first video is released on Monday, 21st April, to qualify for free access, sign-up in advance at 4 Day Build-a-Biz Challenge.

Click the image to link to opt-in form

Derek Gehl, CEO of the highly successful Internet Marketing Center is going to build a fully functioning internet business ~ from scratch ~ in only 4 days, and he’s filming it ‘live’!

I don’t earn anything from you signing-up — I simply believe that if you’re involved in internet marketing, this is a valuable opportunity.

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4 Day “Build-a-Biz Challenge”

Have you heard of Derek Gehl? Derek is the CEO of The Internet Marketing Center [IMC] - a highly successful, multi-faceted internet marketing venture offering guidance to the budding entrepreneur.

Last year I purchased a copy of ‘The Insider Secrets (To Marketing Your Business On The Internet)’, published by IMC, and have never regretted it - mind you, it was on special offer and a steal! But seriously, this is a course I often refer to, and IMC and Derek Gehl know their internet marketing stuff.

Click the image below to sign up for free to a series of videos Derek is producing, in which he will spend four days creating a website from scratch, nothing left out - he’ll show us everything.

Wow, I hear you say, what’s so special about that?

Click the image to link to video optin

Well, when I say a website, you have to bear in mind that this is Derek Gehl – the internet marketing millionaire – so it’s not just a website, it’ll be a website that sells!

As Derek himself puts it, “I’ll walk you through the exact steps you need to follow to create a website that sells”.

Ah, now you’re interested.

The complete 4 Day “Build-a-Biz Challenge” video course will be released over a four-day period: April 21-24th. What’s more, it will be absolutely FREE — but only for people who pre-register for it here.

Look, I don’t earn anything by telling you about this – that’s not an affiliate link. This is a valuable opportunity that I wanted to ensure you knew about — I’ll be watching these videos, and I hope you’ll do the same.

When we’ve all made our millions, we can get together in the Caribbean and boastfully compare yachts! LOL!

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Internet Marketing Grab It And Run!

If you have an online business or blog, or are involved in some way with making money online through internet marketing (or trying to), and you haven’t downloaded Rebel Booty - a free collection of internet marketing products – either you’re completely bonkers or you just haven’t been aware the offer exists!

Click the Grab It and Run image to access full details and stake your claim. There is also a permanent link at the top of the sidebar.

One of my mailing lists builds consistently from this offer, so your name and email address will be added to it. However, currently I don’t broadcast very frequently, and every email contains an unsubscribe option, so you aren’t lumbered with me forever!

Nope, on this occasion, I’m not pursuing the Holy Grail of Internet Marketing – The List – I just want to give something of value to my readers. Period.

Comprised of ten essential internet marketing titles, Rebel Booty contains solid information and you can gain new insights and pointers to help you achieve your objectives.

Whatever aspect of online business you’re working within, unless you’re an internet marketing guru, I’m certain you’ll learn something new from these publications.

Claim your copy of Rebel Booty by clicking the image above or click here to link.

Enjoy yourself!

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